Cr.'u'S Oris ru US, K/rl>y. 



Ox A organs sc.rrccl}" dilTcrenl from those c;!' I'llaphrtis. 



Body dei)rcss(.'u aivJ Hat. Jhv.d irianguiar, anten.nrc nnuh imtrc sicndor 

 and longer tlv:n tho:-;i' i.f J^uiphrm, 3ru y^vM ralivr ];;n.:..'r tn;in 4tii. 

 Pr:)!hoi\:.\ \x-x\ >hv)rt. tr,;:y-\ersc. scareeiy wider than llu iicad : anteriorly 

 olisolctoly oblus-aMgui;;:, posteriorly subrcjuui;;. dcpressot' ;: little at base 

 .-.;"!(1 a'pe.N ; ohanelled, hut without basilar i!n|)ressiojis ; sides g;bl)ous ; 

 angjos ail ol'iu->e. .S; v.- A /////// rather obtus-ar,ga!ar. F'yfra, aiitnir.k/'^ and 

 a.bdonieii voiy niiui; dilated, nearly tv.'iee tlve \ridth c^f tlvj protl\t)ra.\, 

 without iurrows. witli several rows ot" obsolete itia.nmiiilatetl iivipressiop.s. 

 /.f^'^ rather longer and nityr;; slender liiaji those of I-lliipiuus : the /Ir* ?//</> 

 of the male ha\e the fir-t vaw joints a litrie diiat^d and furrashed under- 

 neath with a brush. 



!6i| S;. ( )i';;v! ims Rii i: ••.RiJsnxn. Kirby. I'laile i. fig. <). Length of 

 bv)dy .} '4 lines: breadth of protiiorax i Inie : <->f cb.'.ra taken together 

 ?.ly lines. Mr. Drummond. from mv descri'ptitjn (.f this < urious insect, 

 thinks it was taken in Ma\, ^'"^-5. <mi an island, .■! l.iike ^^'innipeg. frc- 

 (juenting moist, muddy ;)laees from v.hi<-h t'le water hat! shnml.. 



Ikxly v.iih the ;.'loss obseured ; midernca.tii bl.uk. somev.hat liairy ; 

 above, a little bron.x'd. .\!)tenna' nearh- half tiie lem/th (tf th.e bodv. first 

 four joints greenish-!)ron/.t,d., the rest dee{> blue : iVont with a slight irn- 

 jjression bet^.een the ar.tennac tnd a, few scattered short whilish h.airs ; 

 prothorax veiv sh( rt. VMy:\: bron.-'.ed, transxerselv verv rninutelv wrinkled : 

 elytra witli three rows of o;>long, greenish, very slight impressions, each 

 with a central o!>long elevation, with another levigated one jjetween each ; 

 adjoining the kaerU !nargin is a fourth series of greenish-bronzed inor(,' 

 numerous invpressions wiilTout ap.y i e-nin;! '.'r intermediate elevations ; 

 thighs green-bron/.ecL l.bue obscurely rufous, tarsi !)kirk. legs hair\-.— - 

 [Taken at l-'ort .Simpson, Mackenzie River, by Mr. liolnrr Kennicott.] 



8S. Ki,.\i'iiiu's (h \ikvii i.n. Kiily. Plate i. i'g. I'., i.ength of body 

 .\ Imes. [A single S})ecimen, taken in the journey frtiu New \'ork to 

 Cumberianddu>use.] 



|62i bixl)- giossv ; mulerneath greeivbrtiii/ed ; .ii)o\e bku k, slightly 

 bron/ed, covered with minute, scattered, gilded pimc ttires. Mandibles 

 and ])alpi piceous ; antenna; black, vvjth the three first joints dark blue ; 

 front with an elevation Ifctween the e}es. rather deejjly im]>ressed in the 

 centre ; prothorax longer than u ide uneven, with twcj large dis( oidal 



* Tl'i, alii.runk is Ihiit jurt vsliich !n'»is tjic wiiijrs aii.l Ihc f.uir jn-Mcrivr k::s. 



